Larentia (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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• Zygella S.Moore

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Larentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1882. It is native to Mexico and South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=323240 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

; Species

• Larentia linearis (Kunth) Klatt - Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
• Larentia mexicana (C.V.Morton & R.C.Foster) Goldblatt - southern Mexico
• Larentia rosei (R.C.Foster) Ravenna - western Mexico